Ongoing Activities
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The Chatral Rinpoche Memorial Stupa
In the summer of 2024, Khentrul Rinpoche built a stupa from natural stone to commemorate his teacher Chatral Rinpoche. The stupa was filled with mandalas, precious substances, a treasure vase, and many offerings. In November 2025, Khentrul Rinpoche, Khenpo Ngawang Pemba and a group of lamas performed the “rab-ne” to consecrate the stupa
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Life-size Statue of Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche
In honor of his teacher and the founder of Yangtro Choling Retreat Center, Khentrul Rinpoche commissioned a life-size statue of Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche, designed according to his own specifications. The statue, weighing one tonne, could not be transported by any conventional means to the remote site of Neding and was brought up by helicopter. The…
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Nyensa – Meditating in Wild Places
In the spring of 2025, Khentrul Ngawang Lhundrup accomplished 108 days of meditating in wild places (Tib. gnyan sa) in the mountains of Yomo. Here is the beginning of a forthcoming book about this journey: It was early in the morning, high up in the mountains of Yolmo, and the first sun rays slowly warmed…
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The Three Year Retreat
The first group entered retreat from 2016-2019: eleven people started, and six people conclded successfully. The second group 2022- 2025: first fourteen people stayed for one year in retreat, then seven people completed the entire three years. They were Tamang, Managi, and Yolmo Sherpa. They practiced mainly in the Konchog Chidu tradition but also studied…
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Planning a Retreat in Neding
Are you interested in spending time in Neding? Neding has been blessed by Chatral Rinpoche and many meditators and is a power place for meditation retreats. Apart from the three-year retreat facilities, there are ten retreat rooms and two retreat huts for short term retreatants or visitors. Through Khentrul Ngawang Lhundrup’s generosity and activity, it…
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Introduction to Neding
“Neding is held in the arms of Mother Yangri,” the famous yogi Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche once said about his favorite forest hermitage. Nestled in a forest clearing presided over by a mountain named for the protector goddess Ama Yangri of Yolmo (the indigenous name for Helambu, an area in the southern reaches of the…
